z5 2 1i;e Exercife of tJ?e Mediatory Offce . · £'1id; as aPriefl,to be.madt higher tl;~n the Hea·vens, and as a. Prieft to fit d~wn at_ the Rig,ht h(J4fd of the Majeflj on Fligh, He!J. 8. _2. This glonous Po~er; cloth not immediately belong ·unto lum on the account ot his Sacerdotal Office, but it is that 0:!alijication .of his Perfon which ~s neceifary unto the effeCtual difcharge of it. . Hence it is faid of him, that he 1hould hearthe glory, and fit and Rule upon his Throne, and foould he a Priefl upon his Throne, :Zech~ 6. 1 ~· A Throne is _infigne Regium,and properly belongs unto Chrifi with refpect unto his KinglyOffice, Heh. r. 8, 9· Howbeit the Po~er ac- . cornpanying and belonging umo his Throne being neceffary unto the ef-teetual difcharge of his Priefily Office, as he fits and Rules on his Throne, fo it is faid that he is a Pridf on his Throne alfo. . · ' This is one Infiance of the prefent State ofChrifi in Hea– ven, and of the work which he cloth there perform, and the only Infrance I {hall infifi upon.He was made aPriefi after the Power of an endlefs life, the life which he now leads in Hea- . ven, and lives for ever to make Interceffion for us. He was dead, but is, alive, and lives for evermore, and hath the Keys of Hell and Death,all Power over the Enemies of his Church. God ·on aThrone ofGrace; Chrifl: the High Priefl:, fo on his , Right hand ·in Glory and Power, as )'et to be hefore the Throne in the vertue of his Sacerdotal Office, with the whole concernment of the Church on his hand,tranfaCting all things with God for -them: All the holy Angels, and the fpirits of juft .men made perfeel encompaffing the Throne with continual . praifes unto God,_even ~he Father and Him, on the a~co~nt of the work o'f Infimte \V1fdom, Goodnefs and Grace mIus In- ,carnation, Mediation and Salvation of the Church thereby ;– Himfelf continuing to manage the caufe of the whole Church before God, prefentiog all their prayers and fervices unto him, 11erfumed with his own Interceilion, is that ref~mblance of
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